retirement age

In advance of a change in the law, James Walker describes what the removal of the default retirement age could mean to businesses and their employee benefits

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says the state pension age will rise to "the late 60s" as the current system is "unaffordable".

Today is national Older People’s Day, but some are less than enamored with the DWP’s gesture towards “the important contribution older people make to society”.

Trade unions in France began their second 24-hour strike last night in protest against President Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

The government is considering changing the way pension credit is calculated to encourage over-65s to stay in work.

The number of people turning 65 in 2012 is predicted to be 806,000, representing a huge influx into the state pension system, according to the DWP.

Nicolas Sarkozy says there is "no question" of anyone "distorting" his pension reforms after more than a million people took to the streets in protest.

News of today's French protests over the raising of the retirement age draws interesting parallels with our pension strife here in the UK.

Almost three-quarters of Britons think traditional retirement is no longer a realistic prospect, a survey reveals.

One in 10 UK adults say they have dropped completely their plans to retire as economic uncertainty continues to plague sentiment.